linolic acid

1. A liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid abundant in plant fats and oils;
   A fatty acid essential for nutrition;
   Used to make soap (synset 114962081)
   is a type of: polyunsaturated fatty acid - an unsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has more than one double or triple valence bond per molecule; found chiefly in fish and corn and soybean oil and safflower oil
   substance meronym:

   • corn oil - oil from the germs of corn grains
   • soyabean oil, soybean oil - oil from soya beans
   • flaxseed oil, linseed oil - a drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints
   same as: linoleic acid

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